Electric-light stand or support.



J. F. PIERGEH ELECTRIC LIGHT STAND 0R SUPPORT.

\ APPLIOATIdN FILED SEPT. 29, 1911. 1 44 89 Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SEEBT 1. 1m N Inventor Attorneys J. F. PIERCE. ELECTRIC LIGHT STAND 0R SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1911.

Patented Nov. 1%, 14 122.

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Witnesses Attorneys mrrnitsolv r. inseam, 01? TAMPA, FLORIDA.

'ELECT31ZC-11IGHT'STANDOR stir-roar.

' Specification of Letters rarest.

, Application filed September as. 1911. Serial No. 651,999.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J nrrnnsoiv F. Planer,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro and State of Florida. have invented a new and useful Electric-Light Stand or Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to in'iprovements in electric light stands or supports, the primary object of this invention being the provision of a stand or support adapted to receive an electric light bulb and socket in the outer end thereof, the main stqiporting portion of the same being a series or plurality of pivoted arms, said arms being so arranged and constructed to permit the extension at many angles and at the same time when collapsed to nest one within the other so that the members of the arms and the bulb and socket engaging clamp will be in substantially the same plane.

A further objectof this invention is the provision of a base or clamping member adapted to be engaged. to any support to properly support the series of pivoted arms whose outer ends carry on electric light bulb and socket engaging and holding clamp, whereby the said socket and bulb may be detachably connected at will.

A still further object of this invention is the provision ot a novel form of base whose upper end is a receptacle and to which is pivoted a series of bulb and socket engaging arms, the outer end of the arm being provided with a clamp to receive the bulb and socket of the lamp and at the same time a reflector, which is made of such a contour as to be nested when the arms are collapsed within the receptacle of the base. or be r0- tated to form a cover for the base or a shade for the bulb when in the base.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed,- it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the.

scope of what is claimed without departing from the'spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1. is a front elevation of the electric bulb support or stand. aportion of the base being shown in section to show the clamping member thereof for engaging a means to support the base, the

lbulb carrying arms being extended, dotted lines showing the position of the rellector when used as a cover or shade. .l' ig. '2 is a side elevation of the same, dotted lines showing the reflector nested within the base. Fig. is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aseetion taken on line -l---1lof Fig. 1. Fig. 5 a detailed section'at the pivotal pointof the base and supporting arms illustrating the spring clamp used in connection therewith. Fig. .(3 is a. front elevation of a modified form of support or stand. Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof, a plurality of arms in both cases being extended, dotted lines illustrating the arms when nested. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of another modified form showing the clamping members thereof engaging a desk top. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the support shown in Fig. 8 collapsed. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the device illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 nested.

tet'erring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base which as shown in Fig. 1 comprises the lower supporting rim 2 and the upper annular receptacle 3, whose lower rim or apron 4 projects within the base rim 2 and is secured thereto, the coiled spring clamping means 5 for attaching the base to any support. it being mounted within the apron 4 of the member 3 and being of a similar structure and for the same purpose as the clamping means shown in Patent. No. 903.499 dated November 10, 1908.

Formed in the upper edge of the member 3 of the base at. one side thereof is a recess or slot. 6, while sari-minding the rim and having its ends tern'iinate at: said slot 6, is the open band 7, having the cmnparatively straight connecting bar 8 and the two short parallel supporting arms 9 for the reception of the pivoting and clamping bolts 10, upon each of which is mounted a nut 11 and coiled spring 12 for yieldingly securing the terminals 13 of the curved arms 14 to the short arms 9 of the band 7. By this means it will be seen that the said arms 14: may be properly held at an angle as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 so that the upper curved portions 15 provide the two parallel and straight terminals 16 to properly support the lamp bulb and its reflector 24. Mounted within the terminals 16 of the arms 14 are the clamp-- ing screws 17. Each screw 17 is provided with springs similar to the bolts 10.

It is desirable that a resilient connection Patented Nov. 19, 1912 f I for the removable reception of the' lamp socket 25 and reflector 24 be provided, and to this end, the arms 14 carry the connection, as clcarl shown in Figs. 2 and 3, 31- though any term of clamping device for receiving the reflector or lamp socket may be provided.-

In the present instance,.the bolts 17 are passed through the terminals 16 of the arms H, with their heads 20 disposed inside of the open ring 21, thereby providing a means whereby the open ring 21' is carried by the arms 14. The springs 18 and nuts 19 carried by the bolts 17 are disposed ex-- teriorly of the arms .14 and exert a tension inwardly upon the heads 20 so that the open band 21 is held resiliently between the terminals 16 of the arms 14: and, within the open ring 21'.- By this means the collar 23 of the rellector 24: may telescopically fit within the open ring or inner clamping band 22, while the socket 525 is disposed within and concentrically of the collar 22 of the reflector. The socket '25 carries the usual incandescent bulb 26.

All the respective bands 21, 21"and 22 are nested one within the other and as they are open bands, the desired resiliency is provided to permit of the introduction of the lamp socket 25and the collar 23 of the refiector 24 thcrewithin. By this means it will be noted that the reflector may be rotated .to rctleet the rays from the lamp to any desired angle, and that the same may be collapsed or nested within the open end of the base as shown in dotted lines in Fi 2, or may be rotated to form a cover or shade as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In the construction as shown in Figsl G and 7, abase 1, which is in reality an inverted cup, carries a coiled spring 5" housed therein and adapted to be extended to engage a support similar tothatshown in Fig. 1, the screw 97 audits clamping plate 28 clamping the inner terminal of the said coil 5 to the under side of the top of the casing 1 and concentrically thereof. Ex

terior of the casing and concentrically thereof is a washer 29 surrounding the set screw 27 and clamping the plate 30 provided with the two eyed terminals 31 upon the top of the said base 1. Mounted in the eyed terminals of the plate 30 are the two spring actuated clamping and pivoting screws 32 which connect the eyed terminals of the arms 33thereto, the outerends or terminals 34 of the arms 33 also being eyed and pivotally and clampingly connected by means of the pin or bolt carrying the spring abutting and retaining milled heads 36 to abut the inner terminal 37 of the intermediate arms provided with the central bulged portion -10. the purpose of which will presently appear. ,The nuts or other rctain mg means 38 mounted upon the extreme device 43 to the terminals 12 of the'lamp socket receiving arms 43'. the bulb portion of the socket receiving arms 43 being so disposed that when nested they will pass betwcenthe bulged portion at 40. while said bulb portion when collapsed will fit. within the terminals 3]. of the plates 30 and permit thercspcctive memliers of the supports to be nested in the same plane.

In the construction as shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, the coiled spring carrying base is dispensed with, and a series of rectangular in plan coils 44 having the rectangular bends 4.) is provided, the same being so constructed as to be extended in many shapes to grip the top and bottom sides of a table or desk lid as at A in Fig. 8, and thereby retain the lamp bulb supporting arms in the desired positions. Pivotcd to the upper coil are the clamping terminals 46 by means of the clamping nuts 47. the curved or bent portions 48 providing the arms 4-9 at right angles to the plane of the clamping portion 46. while carried in the c vedterminals of the arms 49 are connected through means of the spring actuated clamping nut. 31 to the eyed terminal 52 of the socket receiving and clamping arm. 53, the portion 40 of the arms bcin bowed as shown in Fl". 10 so clamp within the same plane as the sup porting arms. It'is evident that a series of these arms may be used and the number increased ordiminished as desired to produce the proper extension, and that by means of the clan'iping means.5, 5 and 44, the respective supports or stands may be sccurcd upon many'objects and at various angles, to provide a means for supporting a lamp bulb, with or without a reflector and at any desired angle for reading in a sitting, reclining or lying position.

By construct ing an extension arm or bracket for supporting dctachably a lamp socket and bulb, without its reflector, the arms may be collapsed to occupy a very small amount of space, and by providin a means for clamping the-said arms, fluq form of supportin means. as for instance a bed post, desk ortable top, or back of a a base, a plurality chair, may carry the device and the same may be readily placed in operable position or out of the way when not in use, this device being an attachment for any form of flexibly connected electric light bulb.

By means of the peculiar clamping attachmentat the lamp socket and reflector as shown in Figs. 1, 2, Sand l, the reflector may be rotated within the. clamp 22, without ali'ccting the lamp and socket, that is the reflectors collar 23 is permitted a rotary movement within the clamp 22, and about the socket 25, without rotating the socket.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. An electric ligl'itstand having a-support, two spaced arms, each having one end pivotedto the support, and a lamp socket carrying clainp 'iivoted to the upper ends of the arms, wl'iereby the clamp and arms when-collapsed will be nested, theclamp within the arms.

2. An electric light'bulb support having a plurality of arms pivoted together, a base connected to one free end of the arms, and a bulb engaging clamp connected to the (.ther free end of the arms. said clamp nest ing-within the arms when collapsed.

3. An electric light bulb support, having a base, a plm'ality of arm's pivotally secured together and having one free end thereof pivoted to the. base, said arms adapted when eollapsedto span the base, and a bulbclamp carried at the other free end of the arms.

4. An electric light bulb support, having a base, a plurality of arms ivotally secured together and having one rec end thereof pivoted to thc ba'se, said arms being adapted when collapsed to span the'base, and a reflector swiveled to the other terminal of the arms and adapted when the arms are collapsed to nest within the base.

An electric light bulb support, having a base, a plurality of arms piv'otally' s ecured together and having one free end thereof pivoted to the base, said arms being adapted to be collapsed to span the base, a reflector swiveled to the other Err end of the arms and adapted when collapsed to nest within thcbase or be rotated to provide a cover or a shade for the base.

('3. An electric light bulb support, having of arms hingedly secured together and having one free end thereof pivoted to the base, said arms being adapted to be collapsed to span the base, a reflector swiveled to the other terminal of the arms and adapted when collapsed to nest within the base, and a bulb clamp adjacent to the reflector and carried by the outer free end of the arms.

T. An electric light. bulb support, having adapted to 'a base, a plurality a base, a pluralityot arms hingedly secured together and having one free end thereof pivoted to the base, said arms being adapted l when collapsed to span the base, a reflector swiveled to the other terminal of the arms and adapted when collapsed to nest within the base or be turned to provide a cover or shade for the base, and a; bulb clamp adjacent to the reflector and carried by the outer free end of the arms.

8. An electric light bulb support, having a base, a plurality of'pivoted arms having one free end thereof pivoted to the base, and capable of being nested, a bulb clamp carried at the outer free end of the arms, and a clamping member housed by the base and arranged to engage a support.

9. An electric light bulb support having a base, a plurality of pivoted arms having one free end thereof pivoted to the base andcapable of being nested, a bulb clamp carried at the outer free end of the arms, and a coiled spring housed by the base and forming a clamp to engage a support.

10. An electric light bulb support having a base, a plurality of arms the outer free end of whlch is a bulbre'ceiving and carrying clamp, and the inner free end of which is pivoted to- .the base, and arms being adapted to'be collapsed and nested in the I same plane, and a coiled spring housed by the base and forming a clamp to engage a support.

11,- An electric bulb support having a base, a plurality of pivoted arms having one free end thereof pivoted to the base and 4 capable of being nested, a bulb clamp car ried at the outer free end of the arms, and a coiled spring housed within the base and be extended to-engage asupport. 12. An electric light bulb support having of arms the outer free end of which is a bulb receiving and carrying clamp, and the inner free end of which to the base, said armsbeing ispivoted adapted to be collapsed and nested in the same plane, and a coiled spring housed within the base and adapted to be extended to engage a support.

13. An electric light bulb support having a plurality of pivoted arms, a bulb receiving clamp carried by the outer free end of the arms and adapted when collapsed to occupy a space within the'same plane as the arms, and means for attaching the arms to a support pivoted to the other free'end of the arms.

14. An electric lightbulb support having a plurality of pivoted arms, a bulb receiv ing clamp carried by the outer free end of the arms and adapted when collapsed to a plurality of pivoted arms, a bulb receiving clamp carried by the outer free end ot the arms and adapted when collapsed to be nested within the arms, and a spring actuated clamp attached to the other freeend of the arms and adapted to engage a support.

16. An electric light bulb support, having a base formed with a receptacle, a pair of arms the lower free end of which is hingedly connected eXteriorly of the base and adapted when folded to straddle the outer portion of the mouth of the base, a reflector, said reflector being adapted to receive a bulb, and a clamp carried inthe outer free end of said arms and adapted to engage said rellector atits junction with v the bulb, whereby when the arms are collapsed, the reflector will meet within the receptacle ot' the base.

l7- An electric light bulb support, having a base formed with a receptacle, a pair of arms, the inner free end of which is hingedly connected exteriorly of the base and adapted when folded to straddle the outer portion of the mouth of the base, a reflector, said reflector being adapted to receive a bulb, and a clamp carried in the outer free end of said arms adapted to engage said reflector at its junction with the bulb, whereby when the arms are collapsed the reflector will nest within the receptacle of the base, or may be turned within the clamp to provide a cover or shade for the receptacle of the base.

1.8. An electric light bulb support, having a base formed with a receptacle, a pair of arms the inner free ends of which are hingedly connected exteriorly of the base and adapted when folded to. straddle the outer portion of the mouth of the base, a reflector, said reflector being adapted to receive a bulb, a clamp carried in the outer free end of said arms and adapted to engage said reflector at its junction with the bulb, whereby when the arms are collapsed, the reflector will nest within the receptacle of the base, and a coiled spring mounted within the base and adapted to be extended to engage a support.

19. An electric light bulb support, having a base formed with a receptacle, a pair of arms the inner free end of which is hingedly connected exteriorly of the base and adapted when folded to straddle the outer portion of the month of the base, a reflector, said reflector being adapted to receive a bulb, a clamp carrledin the outer free end of said arms adapted to, engage said reflector at its junction with the bulb, whereby when the arms'are collapsed the reflector will nest within the receptacle of the base, or may be turned within the clamp to provide a cover or shade for the receptacle of the base, and a coiled spring mounted within the base and adapted to be extended to engage a support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JEFFERSON F. PIERCE.

itnesses Faun B. Ocnsnnnnrrrn. l. E. SIMPSON. 

